Deputy Chief Charles Fletcher said that officers were called to an area near Greenfield Park on West Lincoln Avenue around 8:40 p.m. The woman told officers that a man approached her in the park and placed her in a bear hug. She said she was able to escape from the man's grasp and call for help.

THE LICENSE PLATE IS K-H-19-39. A TEENAGER ATTACKED IN A WEST ALLIS PARK....AND NOW POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE MAN WHO TRIED TO TAKE THE GIRL. IT HAPPENED IN GREENFIELD PARK. THAT'S WHERE WE JOIN 12 NEWS HILLARY MINTZ. HILLARY THE GIRL IS OK AMY FINDLAY'S TAKING HER LUNCH BREAK WALK THROUGH GREENFIELD PARK...AN ACTIVITY SHE ENJOYS. AMY FINDLAY EVERYBODY'S WALKING THEIR DOGS, OR WITH THEIR KIDS AND IT'S A REAL PLEASANT PARK TO WALK IN DURING THE DAY, I GUESS I'VE NEVER FELT NERVOUS BUT SHE SAYS AT NIGHT SHE DOESN'T CHANCE IT. AMY I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE IN ANY PARK IN THE EVENINGS EVER BY MYSELF. BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING OF THE TIMES THAT HAVE SADLY BECOME PART OF LIFE AND MONDAY, WALKING ALONE AT NIGHT NEARLY GOT A 17 YEAR OLD WEST ALLIS GIRL ABDUCTED. IT HAPPENED SHORTLY BEFORE 9PM OFF OF LINCOLN AVENUE. STAND UP 13 SEC THE 17 YEAR OLD WAS WALKING WHEN A MAN WEARING A SKI MASK CAME UP BEHIND HER, PUT HIS HANDS AROUND HER LIKE A BEAR HUG, THEY STRUGGLED, THEN SHE BROKE FREE, THEN SHE SAW THE SUSPECT LEAVE IN A WHITE VAN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S UNCOMMON DEPUTY CHIEF BOB FLETCHER SAYS WEST ALLIS POLICE AND MILWAUKEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES PATROL THE PARK REGULARLY, AND NOW THEY'LL BE MAKING EXTRA ROUNDS. HE SAYS THIS INCIDENT IS A GOOD REMINDER TO BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND HE SAYS STRENGTH IN NUMBERS IS KEY. BOB FLETCHER I THINK ANYTIME YOU'RE OUT AFTER DARK AND WALKING WHETHER YOU'RE A MALE OR A FEMALE, WHETHER YOU'RE YOUNG OR OLD, IT'S ALWAYS BETTER IF YOU CAN BE WALKING WITH SOMEBODY ELSE AND UNTIL POLICE CATCH THE SUSPECT, NANCY O'DRISCOLL WILL ALSO STICK TO HER DAYTIME STROLLS. 13:08:00 YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHO'S OUT THERE, YOU CAN'T TRUST IT.02